Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-30
ROBERT AND ANNA.

M oddei TO face. so exquisitely fair,
~. mid uOsse sed form ~ surptssinEl' rare
Ihe rGnDotbilg c,utd m IKE 1t more perfect; but
g.. b15on et into womanh cd, then-not TIL
ma ns III, grant that which she ever bsstows
D Dlu woman { hat harm like the moss on the
.s,,iIo.t TO show that Dame Nature can fad
a Iii f1rther beaut when ehe fee inclined,
And adding TO form, th7t seeme perfect De
Make woman more pc feet for mau to adore.
co Anna for such was her name) at sixteen
Mss surely a. ov .ly q u iuen. W en-,
ever CIR ASIA produced In prime
~ noel conceived Of, or artist sub ime
ser pictu ed on canvas, r ulptor from
r,.,cRiseied; for peerless she stood all alone,
Amarvel Of beaat feNan by birth,
A child IF Cod CWn garden iand OF the earth.
Where the waco Tap Railroad sta Is for the
And leaves caves the old Central (ike bird leaves its
nes;),
paggrdlrss or order taimost) NAV be found.
T6s gepot for frelghts stands south near the
wbar e- " 9iertown touches it. Turning the face
From here nearly eastward .across the first r0ad
In a small wO Iden cottage WAS AnnA's abode.
Thence rthHard, across q rLvtnS, you behotc
Two bdidinss doth brics) that .ook ruined
and ID,
One, on one side the street, and one on the
other,
Afraid, as it seems, to get closer together.
sun ortnwSrd, tins stores al scattered
some wood and some brick, some fral and
some strong,
ON the west IS a BUILDING all trembling ana
Cha.ed,
It's front wall has ia LEI; the rest are all marred
And ready TO fan; only Wal dug, 1t seems,
For something to touch them. How often In
I've seen su h old ruins: while Iistory's page
T Id stories CT ruins all tot ring with ase,
sweet sleep while porasirg) my eyelids Won
kiss
I've dresu ed f old buildings in ruin. like thls.
But here d)gTess. so ow let m say
There once STOOD tavern, Ju1t over the way
Across from ,hese ruins. Hire Robert =bode
and grew into NAH hood. Wen Versed In the
ofm6 ais he was, for vi h Iigent care
His Their had ugn i'm Of y CO TO t'eware.
In shOrE, he was all hat by could we'll be-,
UntatOred, : ough up, rusti Ike he.
His father. minister, was (so the say
A Metnodis pr acher. | sllV red Id gray
He had growa IA the Cause, bat mere abode,
Kept tavern, ana sundays would preach foI
the lord.
Now Robert wa. matsar-ot fac In his way,
While anna read fiction, loved romance and
And Robert was truthful, and candid and bold
But anna was cas- in t. different mold.
Once stranger (by Snce) s-w Annals fair
Eel captive at once to her beauty and grace,
Sought acquaintance am thus began toying
with fate:
Miss Anna, Pm happy t. know you. OF la.e
Misfortune has ingle me out for Ter own,
The pie sures kew are all FADED AM gone.
nina.
Iou are young to kn W grief, I'm sorry, ndeed
But BAN can be fou for every one need,
No wCunden heart throbs bene Atn SORROW and
But If DARK is the night the morn is more fair.
Thanks Miss Anna; such words as you utter
to-u6.
Much solace impart-point to pes brig hter
And soothisgly lift me from bitter despair
To futures ewees premise.
Anna
Hold sir! declar
Tour thanks for thought too profuse are
Yet woman viii often shed sympathy tear
For those in dist ess, and
know It full well
Fen now I'm comfort; mystica! SPELL
Enchanting, bowl ching my heart 'hro6s away
Cares night, gently breaking with oawninss OF
But hsTk! There's the train; how the momen E
do H..
May come ag6i-?
Yes
Did you good dsy.
He s1oos her soft had In lingering farewell
Felt q thrill through his being Cike Circsar
rp. IL.
And lOoking up sudderly, Jaw in her eye,
gathering lie T, she whispered good bye.
How closely allied TO the feehngO love,
is sympathy s ear. Il loops from above,
LEE twin sister anger, imps ting its bliss,
Likelip meeting lips in q hat ,hallowed kiss
OtYet, Ike the echo, sweet, modest and slow,
lis sentime hO-sOfI murm ring and Tow
me stranger was gone; and Anna rslurDed
10 sit by the CRATE, wnere the hot embers
And SILENTLY thinking of what ma" just passed
She murmpred aloud Yes know tie the la t,
sut pshsw! Why should on this stranger be-
Fen thought? Aud yet-that he's handsome,
J know
us eyes are SIS dark as the bIa ikness of night,
EimiIiiGg their Spares, liEe tn sun, ever b ight.
MS nalr, dark and glossy-his teeth are Ike
pearls.
All NE! Should he come again, wouldn't the
glls
60 crazy about him? And wouldn't he BIO S
BE Jealous; And tbs girl slw Us enj Us.
6us hes 20 lise a vision; whore dt he &c:
"a he say: Did l ssk? | wish did know,
ct he said, he'd return trust that he may
Oone soon, aud con When, he has lol ger to
STA.
Ili5e him; and ,hen-I remember Il now,
how ne looked wHen he told me good bye-snd
His hand seemed to trembe e, while ciasping my
own,
IIrecal his sad ice-its low gentle tone
Persuasive & soft-Tnere's rap at the door,
Ih4' breaks Cp her reVerie. It's mus ever
more
The sweetest of day dreams are ruthlessly tor =
From Their place in the heart, and weary and
Iae dreamer retu ms TO the toll and the strife
6hSL come up ch d Az, in the battle OF life.
D0' such Il our fate. co ne " at will or what
may,
II5fsncy delight us with shimmering ray,
Ihen far ey mus Yield e. re.lity's might
vs. lTs ray become pale-aye Be .ost IN its light.
MmRStever is sweetest IN life, is soon past,
"niie the pains we endure, are The longest to
Rsmembra1 ce-itself-is so partial to pain
Ihst over and over we suffer again
IOe Ills Of our lives; but our pleasures though
Are frai as the flowers. and ais like the air.
1Aey come in our spring time then vanish
away,
Are seldom recalled, for they live but day.
~ '9oaght lovely Anna, when breaking her
u thought, came the rap at the door, once
And Tising-she opened the door without care,
'Hu 10 the meek stranger was again sanding
Had any one then seen Annals expression
before she recovered her own self-posseseion,
- would not be easy 10 tell what she thought;
~. surely she blushed, as Il she had caught
y ro'e from health's casket, ana with IL had
- stall ed
Her cheeks. She stood spell bound, as one
At At, SIGHT of some wild apparition will gsze
"''n Ned staring eyes. Now the strangers
amaze
At her queer wayef acting, made him eppear
And s2ylpg-Miss Annai What ais you? Ny
f Rl,; burst into laughing, and he turned away,
tae begged his paIdon, and asked him 10
Fo- go 60; assure you. that Pm not to blame
n aching SO sillY-for Just as you came,
10 ten Sa1Ilnking Of one-well, no matter who,
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